Non-refillable bottle.



PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906 M. P. HANSON. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 13. 1905.

Wituaoaaa MICHAEL F. HANSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

NON-REFILILABLE BQTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 30, 1906.

Application filed \Tune 13, 1905, Serial No. 265,041.

T0 on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL F. HANSON, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and use ful Non-Refillable Bottle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a novel construction of a non-refillable bottle, which may be very cheaply manufactured and which is reliable and accurate in its action.

It further consists of a novel construction of a valve and valve-chamber which permits the fluid to escape when the bottle is inverted but which closes as soon as the bottle rcsumes its upright position.

It further consists of other novel details of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation of a non-refillable bottle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a sectional view on line 00 a, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a sectional elevation of another embodiment of my invcntion. Fig. 4 represents a sectional view on line y y, Fig. 3.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the body of a bottle. At the place of junction of the top of said body and base of the neck 2 thereof are inturned and depending shoulders 3, which are of somewhat inverted conical or sloping form, the space within which produces the valve-chamber 4. Connected with the lower portion of said neck is the horizontally-arranged diaphragm 5, which has its peripheral portion connected with a portion of the top of said shoulder and has at one side the port 6. A portion of the top of the shoulder below said port is cut away, forming the horizontal channel 9, whose base is shown at 7 and which is in communication with said port and with the interior of the valve-chamber 4, the port forming a communication between the channel 9 and the neck of the bottle.

In the base of the chamber 4 is the seat 11 for the ball-valve 12, said base being formed by the inverted conical wall 8 10 of said chamber, the curvature of said walls always serving to direct said valve upon its seat, it being also noticed that the diameter of said valve is greater than the vertical height of the channel 9, so the latter cannot be clogged or closed by said valve, it being furthermore noticed that the portion 8 of the wall of the chamber 4 leads from the inner end of the wall 7 of the channel 9 to the valveseat, so as to form. a runway for the valve in. decanting the bottle, so that it properly leaves its seat and moves on said portion. 8 and abuts against the under side of the diaphragm 5 without closing or clogging said channel 9. It will also be seen that the shoulder 3 is integral with the base of the neck and top of the body of the bottle, and the diaphragm 5 is integral with said shoulder and the adjacent parts of the neck excepting where the port 6 exists. Hence there are no joints between the shoulders, diaphragm, and adjacent portions of the bottle, so that the same cannot be drawn out, and the diaphragm, in addition to its connection with the neck, has abroad support on. the top of the shoulder, which, as is evident, projects under said diaphragm considerably inward from the vertical line of the inner face of the neck, and thus prevents downward crushing of said diaphragm.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 3 and 4, 14 designates the body of the bottle provided with the casing 15, adjacent the neck 16.

17 designates the valve-chamber, having a top wall 18 and the side walls 19, which latter curve inwardly and downwardly to the opening 20, which forms the connection with the inside of the bottle and the valve-chamber 17 and has its sides suitably beveled, so as to form a seat for the ball-valve 21.

22 designates an inclined slot through the wall 18.

It will be seen from Fig. 1 that the aperture 6 through the wall 5 is out of alinement with the aperture 13, and, as seen in Fig. 3, the aperture 22 opens into the valve-chamber 17 at a point out of alinement with the aperture 20.

When it is desired to pour out the contents of the bottle, it is so held that the ball-valve is caused to roll from its seat, thus permitting the fluid contained therein to pass opening 13 in the valve-seat into the valve-chamber and outwardly therefrom through the channel 9 and port 6 into the neck of the bottle, from which it may be poured at the mouth of the bottle, as usual.-

If any attempt should be made to refill the bottle when the latter is in an upright position, the ball-valve will be seated, and thus prevent the passage of liquid into the body of the bottle, and an air-cushion inrthe neck, and a cut-away portion on the top of chamber 4 will resist the descent of the liquid and assist in retaining the valve on its seat.

The port 6 in the diaphragm opens into the channel 9 and then into the valve-chamber at a point out of alinement with the opening in the valve-seat controlled by the ball-valve, while the wall 7, comprising the base of the channel 9, acts as a stop to prevent the insertion of a piece of wire or other article to hold the ball-valve away from its seat, so that the bottle could be refilled.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a non-refillable bottle, an inwardlyextending shoulder in the bottle in the neck thereof, the same having a chamber therein, a valve in said chamber and a horizontallyextending diaphragm at the top of said shoulder, said diaphragm havingaport therein and a portion of the top of said shoulder being cut away forming a horizontally-extending channel below said port.

2. In a non-refillable bottle, an inwardlyeXtending shoulder in the bottle in the neck thereof, the same having a chamber, a valve in said chamber, a horizontally-extending diaphragm at the top of said shoulder, said diaphragm having a port therein, a portion of the top of said shoulder being cut away forming a horizontally-extending channel below said port, said diaphragm and shoulder being integral with each other and with the adjacent portion of the bottle.

3. In a non-refillable bottle, an inwardly extending shoulder in the bottle at the base of the neck and top of the body, forming a valve-chamber, a valve therein, a diaphragm extending horizontally from the top of said shoulder and oining the latter, said diaphragm having a port therein adjacent to the said shoulder below said port, forming a horizontal channel whose height is less than that of the diameter of said valve.

4. In a non-refillable bottle, an inwardlyextending shoulder in the bottle at the base of the neck and top of the body, forming a valve-chamber, a valve therein, a diaphragm at the top of said shoulder and joining the latter, said diaphragm having a port therein adjacent to the neck, and a cut-away portion on the top of said shoulder below said port, forming a horizontal channel whose height is less than that of the diameter of said valve, said diaphragm and shoulder being integral with the adjacent portions of the bottle.

5. In a non-refillable bottle, a diaphragm in the neck thereof, the same having a port in one side thereof, an inturned shoulder below said diaphragm, the latter being connected with the top of said shoulder, a horizontally-extending channel existing between a portion of the top of said shoulder and said port, said shoulder having within the'same a chamber and a valve-seat at the base thereof and a valve on said seat.

6. In a non-refillable bottle, a diaphragm in the neck thereof, the same having a port in one side thereof, an inturned shoulder below said diaphragm, the latter being connected with the top of said shoulder, a horizontally-extending channel existing betweena portion of the top of said shoulder and said port, said shoulder having within the same a chamber and a valve-seat at the base of said chamber and a valve on said seat, said diaphragm and shoulder being integral with the adjacent portions of the bottle.

MICHAEL F. HANSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. IVIEDERSHEIM, C. D. McVAY. 

